Best Spicy Peppered Crab Legs Recipes

SHELL LICKIN' SPICY GARLIC CRABS

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There is almost nothing better than spicy garlic crabs. I've used dungenous crab legs, blue crabs, alaskan king crab legs, etc. Winn Dixie had a sale on stone crab legs $3.99 a lb. I couldn't resist getting tons of them, I hope that you like these...Happy Cookibg sw:)

Provided by Sherri Williams

Categories Seafood

Time 30m

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

2 1/2-3 lb stone crab legs, frozen
6 clove garlic
1/4 c fresh italian parsley
1 large lemon, juice and zest
1/4 c olive oil, extra virgin
1/2 stick butter, unsalted
1 Tbsp crushed red pepper
1 Tbsp swamp fire seafood seasoning

Steps:

1. Defrost crab legs
2. Chop parsley and with a microplane grate garlic
3. With a microplane, zest the lemon
4. In a large heated slillet add olive oil, butter, garlic, red pepper flakes, lemon juice and zest. Saute for 2 minutes
5. Add crabs, parsley and swamp fire seasoning to crabs, cook and baste for 4-5 mintes.
6. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place crabs in oven and bake 12-15 minutes. Baste a couple times
7. Remove from oven put crabs on a platter, garnish and serve

CRAB LEGS WITH GARLIC BUTTER SAUCE

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I ended up getting some snow crab legs on sale at the market. I wanted something a little different from plain steamed, boiled, or grilled crab legs, so I ended up throwing a few things together to make this awesome crab leg dish. Enjoy! This would be great with shrimp as well.

Provided by Tamaralynn

Categories Main Dish Recipes Seafood Main Dish Recipes Crab

Time 20m

Yield 2

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

1 pound Snow Crab clusters, thawed if necessary
¼ cup butter
1 clove garlic, minced
1 ½ teaspoons dried parsley
⅛ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon fresh-ground black pepper

Steps:

Cut a slit, length-wise, into the shell of each piece of crab.
Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat; cook the garlic in the butter until translucent; stir in the parsley, salt, and pepper. Continue to heat mixture until bubbling. Add the crab legs; toss to coat; allow to simmer in the butter mixture until completely heated, 5 to 6 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 520.1 calories, Carbohydrate 1 g, Cholesterol 274.2 mg, Fat 37.5 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 43.6 g, SaturatedFat 17.1 g, Sodium 1030.7 mg, Sugar 0.1 g